Ali, Shane and I rented a car in Salerno and went on a proper tootle across the ankle of Italy’s boot, stopping in three different places for a couple of nights each. Shane, as per custom, had done his research, and more’s the logic there: this part of the...
The Washington Post would have us not go to the Amalfi Coast, because the influencers have ruined it! They’re not entirely wrong, of course, because it is full to overflowing, and every once in a while as you’re walking you come upon some scene the...
My birthday dawned bright and sunny… no, wait, it rained like the dickens. Far be it from me to criticize the weather, though – if it happens on My Day, it’s obviously the best weather ever! We had big plans for the day, starting with The Volcano:...
September rolled forward in Napoli, the tension and excitement growing for my birthday in even greater increments than a normal year. This year, my friends Ali and Shane arrived in Rome and had a few days of seeing that amazing city before coming to Napoli. I was...
Here’s a bit of received wisdom from the conservative side of the aisle, circa maybe 1985. These days, I keep hearing it from Undecideds and folks who explain away the Orange Menace’s garbage mouth: he’s a businessman, he’ll run the country...
It’ll never be easy to write a goodbye post to my sweet Raya kitty, but I think it’s time. Raya was The Best Kitty Ever. I told her so all the time. Other people probably think their cats are the best, and I sympathize with them, as they never had Raya....
